Octopus in Key Largo

There are over 300 different species of octopus that have been identified around the world.

We do have a few here in Key Largo on the John Pennekamp coral reef. However these guys are nocturnal and its rare to see them out during the day.

We have often seen them at night out hunting but only one have we seen them out in the open durning the day.

Then there was this guy below. Smaller than your small finger nail he came up on some debris that we were recovering and once noticed until we got back to the dock.

Whilst we were sorting the debris one of our eagle eyed marine biologist spotted him and rescued him to live another day in the water at our dock.

if you want to find out more about these little guys head over to our friends at Factlegend for 20 fun facts about these amazing creatures.